Month: July 2018
Courage
Courage builds character. It’s a revolutionary love that drives our actions through fear. Courage comes from the Latin word cor which means heart, and doing the heartwork is what seeds miracles.
With a legacy where pain is fused with identity, healing is damn, hard work. We need the courage to face ourselves, to ask for help, to stop keeping the secrets that keep us sick, to love and be loved by those who, on the outside, mirror those who brought us the most pain.
Through the years of vicious self hate, I absorbed the pain of others. I blamed myself for the abuse and deprived myself of the right to thrive in love.
With courage as my superpower, I found the strength to break the patterns passed from massa’s cruel plantations. As I built a village with those who healed before me, I was able to love on my people in a way I never thought possible.
Sometimes, the best version of ourselves can only shine under pressure, and courage, like coal, makes diamonds.
Enjoy this piece? It’s taken from a free ebook which you can download at: 7 Steps to Unlock Your Sista Superpowers.
The Power of Solitude
In a world that rewards the hustle,
many feel that solitude is wasted time.
As superwomen, we werk our capes
and ram each ‘should’ and ‘have to,’
in what little, precious time our days will bare.
Solitude honours the truth.
It lifts the veil on how we feel about ourselves when no one’s watching.
She doesn’t lie, or tell us what we want to hear.
She’ll open the window on toxic fantasy
and hold up the mirror which demands empathy.
This superpower serves it straight.
I suffered with chronic doing for years to avoid the backlog of pain I carried beneath it.
I was scared of what I would feel, if I allowed myself to pause.
When I gave myself permission to face the quiet,
it was a relief to let the sacred, stillness, speak.
Solitude is the superpower that calms the storm between our humanity and our spirituality.
In the Sacred Sista Reset Experience, I share a simple tool to nurture this relationship.
As we honor its presence, we’ll move from anorexic isolation to honoring our divinity.
Enjoy this piece? It’s taken from a free ebook which you can download at: 7 Steps to Unlock Your Sista Superpowers.